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ArticleCancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology2019

Race/Ethnicity and Accuracy of Self-Reported Female First-Degree Family History of Breast and Other Cancers in the Northern California Breast Cancer Family Registry.

Esther M John, Alison J Canchola, Meera Sangaramoorthy, Jocelyn Koo, Alice S Whittemore, Dee W West

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Article in Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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Esther M JohnCancer Prevention Institute of California, Fremont, California. emjohn@stanford.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-3259-8003
Alison J CancholaCancer Prevention Institute of California, Fremont, California.
Meera SangaramoorthyCancer Prevention Institute of California, Fremont, California.
Jocelyn KooCancer Prevention Institute of California, Fremont, California.
Alice S WhittemoreDepartment of Health Research and Policy (Epidemiology), Stanford University of School of Medicine, Stanford, California.
Dee W WestCancer Prevention Institute of California, Fremont, California.

Funding

CALIFORNIA'S PARTICIPATION IN THE NATIONAL CANCER PREVENTION AND CONTRO PROGRAMU58DP000807 · DP · PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE · PI SNIPES, KURT P · 2007 to 2011
$22.5M
Core-001U01CA164920 · NCI · COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES · PI Irene Andrulis, Sarah Violet Colonna · 2018 to 2026
$17.0M
NCCDPHP CDC HHS U58 DP000807NCI NIH HHS HHSN261201000036CNCI NIH HHS U01 CA164920
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundFew studies have evaluated accuracy of self-reported family history of breast and other cancers in racial/ethnic minorities.

methodsWe assessed the accuracy of cancer family history reports by women with breast cancer (probands) from the Northern California Breast Cancer Family Registry compared with 2 reference standards: personal cancer history reports by female first-degree relatives and California Cancer Registry records.

resultsProbands reported breast cancer in first-degree relatives with high accuracy, but accuracy was lower for other cancers. Sensitivity (percentage correctly identifying relatives with cancer) was 93% [95% confidence interval (CI), 89.5-95.4] when compared with the relatives' self-report of breast cancer as the reference standard and varied little by proband race/ethnicity and other demographic factors, except for marginally lower sensitivity for Hispanic white probands (87.3%; 95% CI, 78.0-93.1;

conclusionsNon-Hispanic white, African American, and Asian American probands reported first-degree breast cancer family history with high accuracy, although sensitivity was lower for Hispanic white probands and those with low English language proficiency. IMPACT: Self-reported family history of breast cancer in first-degree relatives is highly accurate and can be used as a reliable standard when other validation methods are not available.

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PMCPMC6825587

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